Glucose

Treatment For Sleep Apnea Found To Lower Blood Glucose Levels

Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder where a person's breathing stops or becomes irregular during sleep as a result of // a collapsed airway. This can result in a number of serious health effects. Previous research shows people with sleep apnea are nine-times more likely to have diabetes than those without the sleep disorder. Based on findings of a recent study researchers say pat...

More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol

Soy intake can have a healthy effect on your blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels, and weight gain// The study that came out in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition points out that soy based food can cause a more healthy weight loss than any other diet programs, although the results may not be as dramatic. Health benefits of soy and soy products have been a...

Lower risk of cardiovascular disease from tight glucose control

Research has proved that tight glucose control can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in people// with diabetes type 1. Keeping a tight glucose control on the blood sugar levels mean that for patients with diabetes is to keep their blood sugar as close to the normal levels as possible. Conventionally this can be achieved by regular testing for blood glucose levels, following a di...

Glucose may support in Cardiac Arrest

According to a reasonably new research, it was observed that giving most heart attack patients an infusion of glucose soon after they come to the hospital could dramatically improve their chances of survival. The Dutch study found that supplementing regular treatment of heart attacks with the extra fuel reduced the risk of dying //within a month from 4% to 1.5%, but only for patients whose hearts...

Critically Ill Patients More At Risk Of Infection If Glucose Is Present In Their Lung Secretions

Patients in ICU have increased risk of picking up infections like MRSA if they glucose in their lung secretions. The study was published in the recent issue of the journal Thorax.// The authors base their findings on a study of 98 critically ill patients in intensive care who required mechanical help with their breathing for more than 48 hours. The patients were drawn from medical and...

GRIP a boon for the nurses to monitor patients glucose levels.

GRIP, new software helps in assisting the blood sugar level of seriously ill patients. This has paved the way to increase the survival rates of critically ill patients. A study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical // Informatics and Decision Making, states that GRIP, computer software that assists in the monitoring of glucose levels in critically ill patients, saves nur...

Blood glucose level should be maintained lower than recommended levels

Professor William Cefalu, Pennington Biomedical Research Center has reported that maintaining the current recommended blood glucose level does not reduce the risk // of cardiovascular disease. The researcher has asked the physicians to maintain the blood glucose level of their patients less than the recommended levels by aggressive blood glucose monitoring and insulin. A1c test is use...

Glucose Boosts Memory Retention

Leigh Riby researcher at the Glasgow Caledonian University said that an increased glucose level stimulates the brain’s capacity to make new memories and recall old ones. But on the other hand health officials and// dentists condemn these drinks, which have increased sugar levels. A group of psychologists said that a single drink high in glucose content has found to increase memory leve...

Glucose Enables Speedy Recovery From Malaria

Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have now established that repeated doses of glucose given along with anti-malarial drugs-can help// patients recover faster and in a better way. The result of the present study has taken into focus the energy requirements of the malarial parasite in RBCs or the red blood cells. Once the RBCs get infected with the malaria...

Watch Out For the Erroneous Readings in the Glucose Meters

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned that some of the glucose meters are giving faulty readings. The diabetic patients are cautioned about this erroneous equipment //. The meters are found to giving readings which were far too high. Diabetes type 1 patients take insulin if their blood glucose rates are high. This would sometimes lead to patients self administerin...

Abnormal Glucose Metabolism May Contribute to Chronic Nerve Disorder

CHICAGO - Abnormal glucose metabolism, which occurs when the body has difficulty processing sugar (glucose) into energy, is twice as common among patients //with chronic nerve dysfunction of unknown cause than among the general population and may be a risk factor for the condition, according to a study posted online today that will appear in the August 2006 print issue of Archives of Neurology, o...

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise, dietary changes and medication have long been the cornerstones of managing type 2 diabetes. But few studies examine how exercise actually benefits// these patients. Now, a new systematic review shows that exercise helps regulate blood glucose (sugar) levels, increases the body’s sensitivity to insulin, and decreases blood lipids (fats) while also helping to burn body fat. <b...

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise, dietary changes and medication have long been the cornerstones of managing type 2 diabetes. But few studies examine how exercise actually benefits these patients.// Now, a new systematic review shows that exercise helps regulate blood glucose (sugar) levels, increases the body’s sensitivity to insulin, and decreases blood lipids (fats) while also helping to burn body fat. <br...

Study Finds No Benefits On Self Monitoring Blood Glucose levels

According to researchers at the University of Western Australia, Fremantle, for the patients with type II diabetes, the control of blood sugar// does not seem to be improve if they self-monitor their blood glucose levels. Dr. Wendy A. Davis and colleagues, who published their study in the journal Diabetes Care, explained that they conducted their study by examining data from 1,286 pat...

Two Chemical Compounds Restore Healthy Glucose Levels In Obese Mice

Chemical compounds called PBA and TUDCA were found to restore healthy glucose levels and normal insulin action in obese and diabetic mice, according to new research.// The study is published in the August 25 issue of Science and was conducted by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Type 2 diabetes - 90 to 95 percent of all diabetes cases - affects an estimated...

Insufficient Sleep Associated with Poorer Blood Glucose Control

CHICAGO - Getting fewer hours of sleep or lower-quality sleep may be associated with poorer blood glucose control among African-Americans with diabetes//, according to an article in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a theme issue on sleep. Many individuals in modern society experience a chronic lack of adequate sleep, either because they voluntarily stay up late...

Public Alert: Beware of fake glucose test strips!!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a public alert on Friday that created quite a stir, against the fake versions// of test strips normally used to monitor blood sugar levels in glucose monitors manufactured by a Johnson & Johnson company. "The counterfeit test strips potentially could give incorrect blood glucose values - either too high or too low - which might result in a pati...

Glucose Sensor That Controls Glucose Metabolism Identified

Scientists from Scripps Research Institute, have identified a sensor that identifies glucose levels. This sensor plays an important role in metabolism of glucose. It acts like a switch that increases or decreases the manufacture of glucose inside the human liver.// At other times it helps to convert glucose into fat for the purpose of storage in adipose tissue. This sensor is named Liver X Recept...

Technology Changes in Glucose Monitoring Implants

Applied Data, a healthcare therapeutics firm has concluded its study on the development of technology in the field of implantable glucose monitors.// According to them, there has been a massive spurt in new ideas and innovations in this field ever since 1991, when the FDA approved the first implantable glucose monitor for Type 1 diabetics. The last decade has seen the devic...

New Pediatric Continuous Glucose Monitors Approved

The FDA has just approved two new devices from Medtronic for children and teenagers (ages 7-17), diagnosed with diabetes. REAL-Time Continuous Glucose// Monitoring (CGM) devices will soon be available in specially designed pedi models of the already approved MiniMed Paradigm? REAL-Time System and Guardian? REAL-Time System. Medtronic REAL-Time CGM therapy is clinically proven to help...

Glucose Causes Death of Brain Cells in Rodents Following Hypoglycemic Coma

It was thought that hypoglycemic coma causes brain damage. On the contrary brain damage occurs only when glucose is given to treat the coma//, as discovered by researchers from San Francisco VA Medical Center, during a study on rodents. The study results may have implications on the treatment of diabetics in hypoglycemic coma, though detailed research is necessary before it can be appl...

Titan may Produce Glucose Watches Soon

Titan, a TATA company, is in negotiations with Prof Vijay K Varadan, an Indian born US molecular engineer attached to the University of Arkansas, to start production of ``glucose watches''. The talks are in the final stages. The deal is yet to be finalized. Varadan holds the post of Director of the Centers of Nano-, Micro- and Neuro- Electronics, Sensors and Systems; High Density...

Questions Over Value of Glucose Monitoring for Non-insulin Using Diabetes Patients

A new study published on bmj.com today (Tuesday 26 June) questions the value of blood glucose monitoring among patients with well-controlled, non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes. The research, being presented today at the American Diabetes Association Conference, suggests that current guidelines for self-monitoring among these patients should be reviewed. Non-insul...

Smoking, Glucose Tolerance Level may Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Two new studies have found that smoking, low formal level of education and certain metabolic indicators are high risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr Ulf Bergstrom at the Malmo University Hospital, Sweden. As part of the studies, researchers examined people enrolled in the Malmo Diet a...

Single Drug to Check Both Glucose and Cholesterol in Diabetics on the Cards

Tulane University researchers say that a single drug for keeping both glucose and cholesterol levels of patients with type 2 diabetes under check may soon be available. Lead researcher Dr. Vivian A. Fonseca, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, says that the compound colesevelam HCl, in combination with Sulfonylurea-based therapy has been...